How tall was Johan Cruyff?

Johan Cruyff is commonly listed at 5 ft 10 in (178 cm).

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Johan Cruyff’s 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) is a little above average for a US man: about 64 in 100 US men are shorter.

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Johan Cruyff beside others

Johan Cruyff is in the middle of the 207 association football players we have heights for: Jan Koller (6 ft 7.5 in) stands 9.5 in (24 cm) taller and Chanathip Songkrasin (5 ft 2 in) is 8 in (20 cm) shorter. All 207 ranked, tallest first.

Also listed at 5 ft 10 in: Lamine Yamal, Memphis Depay and Miralem Pjanić.

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5 ft 10 in (178 cm)

A commonly listed height: it appears across many profiles, but none says when or how it was measured, so shoes and rounding may be part of the number.

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Johan Cruyff, 5 ft 10 in (178 cm), drawn to scale beside the average US man, 5 ft 9 in (175 cm), and the average US woman, 5 ft 3.5 in (161 cm)